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Panama Canal Construction

Name: Panama Canal Construction – France factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

France · Economy / French Panama Canal Project. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1881Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1881

Ferdinand de Lesseps1881

Panama Canal · Economy / French Panama Canal Project

Directs expansion of the French Panama Canal construction effort.

Names involved

Ferdinand de Lesseps

Provenance

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